Workforce & activities reports
RACS regularly provides research documents regarding the surgical workforce and surgical training in Australia and New Zealand.
Activities Reports
The RACS Activities Report is a document provided for Government departments of health, related agencies and the wider community. The report details statistics on the College's activities in education, assessment and the surgical workforce for the year ending 31 December. The RACS Activities Report is published annually.
- Annual activities report (PDF 907.81KB) - as at 31 December 2021, published in July 2022 (January to December 2021)
- Annual activities report (PDF 1.93MB) - as at 31 December 2020, published in August 2021 (January to December 2020)
- Annual activities report (PDF 1.8MB) - as at 31 December 2019, published in August 2020 (January to December 2019)
- Annual activities report (PDF 3.76MB) - as at 31 December 2018, published in August 2019 (January to December 2018)
- Annual activities report (PDF 916.97KB) - as at 31 December 2017, published in May 2018 (January to December 2017)
- Annual activities report (PDF 1.46MB) - as at 31 December 2016, published in March 2017 (January to December 2016)
- Annual activities report (PDF 916.69KB) - as at 31 December 2015, published in March 2016 (January to December 2015)
- Annual activities report (PDF 1.3MB) - as at 31 December 2014, published in April 2015 (January to December 2014)
For earlier reports, please contact the Manager - Fellowship Services at the contact below.
Census of Fellows
RACS performs a regular Census. A Census is an important tool to:
- assist the College in its workforce planning advocacy;
- provide additional information regarding a myriad of factors affecting surgeons in their day to day work, and
- allow the College to build a picture of the challenges facing the surgical workforce and to advocate strongly with governments for solutions.
The following reports provide a snapshot of Australia and New Zealand's surgical workforce and their services:
- 2020 Surgical Workforce Census Report (PDF 917.93KB)
- 2018 Surgical Workforce Census Report (PDF 874.97KB)
- 2016 Surgical Workforce Census Report (PDF 797.85KB)
- 2014 Surgical Workforce Census Report (PDF 366.83KB)
For earlier reports, please contact the Manager - Fellowship Services at the contact below.
Workforce Reports
RACS undertakes analysis of surgical workforce data to assist with planning advocacy.
Contact
Manager, Fellowship Services
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9276 7415
Fax: +61 3 9276 7432
Email: workforce@surgeons.org